Real Estate

Industrial

HB Reavis Agrees HQ Lease With Raiffeisen Bank

Raiffeisen Bank has agreed a 20,000 sqm letting at the Agora Budapest office development and will establish its Budapest headquarters...

Construction

Construction output up nearly 26% in September

The volume of construction output was 25.8% higher in September 2018 than a year earlier based on raw data, according...

Sustainability

New home prices up 7.6% in first half

Average new home prices rose 7.6% in the first half of 2018 from a year earlier, while the price of...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays continue to moderate in September

Hungarian banks signed contracts for HUF 77.65 billion of new home loans in September, 34.8% more than in the same...

Industrial

Lowest Budapest Office Vacancy yet Recorded

The overall Budapest office vacancy rate has fallen to 6.4%, the lowest yet recorded in a market where vacancy was...

Office Market

Europa Design Headquarters set to Achieve WELL Accreditation

The 400 sqm Europa Design headquarters, a refurbished building in Buda, originally built in the 1930s in a Bauhaus style,...

Sustainability

Real estate prices will keep rising, says GKI

Real estate prices are set to rise across the board nationally in the next 12 months, with prices of resale...

Office Market

New Law On Remodeling Commercial Buildings

Due to new legislative amendments, the number of cases in which a special permit is required for work on commercial...

Office Market

Agora Budapest to host Raiffeisen

International real estate developmer HB Reavis has announced that Raiffeisen Bank Hungaryʼs HQ will be moved to the Agora Budapest...

Industrial

Property prices in Budapest still cheap in regional comparison

Property prices in Budapest rose about 20% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, but are still well under prices...

Office Market

Creating Value by Making the Most of Smart and Green

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups is driven by a strong commitment to have a...

Industrial

Industrial Supply Needed to Meet Growing Demand

Development in the industrial and logistics market has been low in recent years with a limited availability of contiguous industrial...

Logistics

Consumer confidence falls, business confidence gains in October

Economic research institute GKIʼs Economic Sentiment Index, a combined gauge of consumer and business confidence, improved 1.7 points to 7.2...

Industrial

Magnus to start production at aircraft plant in Pécs

Hungaryʼs Magnus Aircraft will start production at a plant in Pécs (169 km south of Budapest) at the end of...

Industrial

Budapest commercial property rents unchanged in H1

The typical rent for commercial properties in Budapest remained unchanged in most segments in the first half of 2018 from...

Industrial

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Sustainability

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Residential

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Real Estate

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Sustainability

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Real Estate

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Sustainability

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Sustainability

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

Sustainability

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Sustainability

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Office Vacancy Rises to 13.1% as Leasing Demand Falls Year-on-Year

Budapest’s office vacancy rate rose to 13.1% in the third quarter of 2026, while total leasing demand fell 9% year-on-year,...

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Civil Engineering Surge Masks Decline in Building Construction

Civil engineering output more than doubled in Hungary in August, while building construction declined and the volume of new contracts...

Hungary’s Housing Costs Drive Buyers Toward Garden Plots and Former Wine Cellars

Rising house prices and living costs are pushing more buyers toward properties on Hungary’s outlying garden plots and vineyard land,...

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Government Gives Green Light to M49 Extension to Romanian Border

The government will proceed with the second phase of the M49 expressway, extending the road to the Romanian border, Transportation...

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Residents Move Less as Outer Districts Gain Ground

Fewer Budapest residents moved between districts in 2025, with around 29,000 people registering a new permanent address elsewhere in the...